Baton Rouge police say he shooting death of a 21-year-old Louisiana State University student early Friday morning may have been a random killing. A police spokesperson told WBRZ that investigators have found no evidence that Allie Rice was targeted in the 2 a.m. shooting, saying it appeared to be an “isolated and random act.” Officially, …
Baton Rouge police are looking to answers to an early Friday morning shooting that left a 21-year-old Louisiana State University student dead in her car. Allison Rice, known as Allie to friends and family, was headed home, noshing on french fries, after a night out with friends at about 2 a.m. She got to the …
A 21-year-old Louisiana State University student was shot to death early Friday morning while she was in her car, stopped at a train crossing. Allison Rice was a senior majoring in marketing at the Baton Rouge school. She worked at a restaurant called The Shed, where several family members also worked. Police found Rice dead …
A Louisiana man whose mother and stepfather were arrested this spring on sex crime charges has now been charged with indecent behavior with juveniles and computer-aided solicitation of a minor in Concordia Parish. Earl Curtis Achord III, 39, also faces charges of contractor fraud in Lafourche Parish, according to the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office. The …
An escaped inmate accused of killing two people was captured by deputies near the Texas-Louisiana state line. The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said it arrested Charles Spraberry, 42, after a brief chase at about 8 a.m. Wednesday. A woman in Cadillac SUV — reportedly stolen from an unoccupied home — with him, 37-year-old Shea Smith, …
Louisiana State Police issued an endangered/missing child advisory for 12-year-old Tronez Johnson, last seen at his home in Keithville. Johnson is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 150 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes. It’s not known what he was wearing or what direction he may have gone. State Police …
A pet dog awoke two sisters after their mother’s ex-boyfriend set fire to their Louisiana home, letting the 11- and 14-year-old girls escape from the blaze. The hero dog, unfortunately, died in the fire. The Office of the State Fire Marshal said Danielle Johnson, 38, was arrested after allegedly setting the blaze in Hammond late …
A Louisiana mother and her live-in boyfriend have been indicted on charges relating to the murder of her 2-year-old son, whose body was found in a trash can last month. Ezekiel Harry was reported missing in Houma on July 12 at about noon, and his mother — 28-year-old Maya Jones — told authorities someone in …
A Louisiana father left his unresponsive toddler son alone in a hotel room Sunday night while he picked up the child’s mother from work. When he returned, Anderson King, 25, took the 2-year-old to a Baton Rouge hospital, where “life-saving measures … were unsuccessful,” a warrant for King’s arrest says. WAFB reported that a Baton …
Deputies in Louisiana are searching for a man who allegedly poured acid and bleach on a woman’s face during a domestic dispute. James Ballard, 35, in wanted for aggravated battery, domestic abuse battery/child endangerment, protective order violation, false imprisonment, and nine counts of failure to appear, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said …
A Louisiana judge on Tuesday reversed his decision to grant custody of a 16-year-old girl whose mother says was the result of a 2005 rape to the man allegedly raped her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Judge Jeffrey Cashe previously granted custody of the teen to John Barnes, who admits he is the girl’s father, and …
Crysta Abelseth says she was 16 when John Barnes raped her. A judge has now granted him custody of their 15-year-old daughter and ordered Abelseth to pay child support.
